blight
noun/blaɪt/
/blaɪt/
- [uncountable, countable] any disease that kills plants, especially crops
- potato blight
- Many areas have been devastated by blights which destroyed cereal crops and vines.
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- [singular, uncountable] blight (on somebody/something) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person’s life or the environment
- His death cast a blight on the whole of that year.
- urban blight (= areas in a city that are ugly or not cared for well)
- Is it not a blight on this country that we cannot provide homes for all homeless families?
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting inflammation of the skin): of unknown origin.
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